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Thicker than Blood
03:48
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You were young and moving fast / Getting caught and fighting back
They say the past never really dies / It doesn't even really pass
Arrived unexpectedly / Surprised to hear it's Christmas Eve
Yeah, the past she always says goodbye / But she never really leaves
A little late we saw we'd lost our way but in the back of your mind
You may find that after all this time that's the tie that
Even misunderstood runs thicker than blood
When we find ourselves we'll find ourselves right where should
The words we couldn't say / Kept coming up anyway
No, the past she never told a lie / She couldn't go back and change
A little late we saw we'd lost our way but in the back of your mind
You may find that after all this time that's the tie that
Even misunderstood runs thicker than blood
When we find ourselves we'll find ourselves right where should
The wars we fought before / We don't have to fight them anymore
I'm there anytime anywhere / Hey, what are brothers for?
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Step Outside
03:10
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If you hate what you need / And all the people you're begging to please / If you're ready to leave / If you're ready just step outside
This sad little role / Over which you've retained no control / If you're ready to go / If you're ready just step outside
Take my hand / We're stepping outside / On the outside / There's no waiting for next time
Take a chance / We're stepping outside / On the outside / A world to lose and a world to find
The desperate pain / Of believing you're that average and plain / If you're ready for change / If you're ready just step outside
Take hold of the sky / In your hands it's so solid and bright / If you're ready to rise / If you're ready let's step outside
Take my hand / We're stepping outside / On the outside / No such thing as next time
Take a stand / We're stepping outside / Nobody moves / Or this fucking duckling dies
This moment in time / Could define the rest of your life / Look me right in the eyes / If you're ready just step outside
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3. |
Florida Summer
03:38
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Just out of school nothing to do
But drive out of town and break all your rules
Through pinewood and swamp down the Williston Road
We'd park in the shade and sweat through our clothes
Florida summer out by the tracks waiting for nothing
Your birthday wish a tropical fish a bottle of jack
You needed tests and a scan you brought me along
To make your short term plans and sing you Johnny Cash songs
We strolled through the graves people buy for their pets
We poured them a sip we were bigger than death
Florida summer out by the tracks waiting for nothing
Your birthday wish a tropical fish a bottle of jack
The smell of your sheets magnolia tree
The air before dawn too perfect to breathe
Comes back to me now when I drive alone
Like a childhood prayer like a dangerous poem
Florida summer out by the tracks waiting for nothing
Your birthday wish a tropical fish
The kind of goodbye that we could get right
No looking back bottle of jack
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4. |
Young So Long
03:02
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I was the kid who never quite fit too young to care and too old to quit
Til the day my day my old man split six weeks later he drove off a bridge
Too lit to notice it when he hit Cadillac sank like a ton of bricks
Never did find that son of a bitch bet that's yet where he sits
Been so young so long been the only one
Can guess that we were blessed when the old man took the plunge
My brother Jack taught me black from blue and every pure and dirty slur he knew
Philistine Quisling Pantagruel then he drowned the cat in our wading pool
Mom knew it was some terrible clue whole lot of crazy and a little bit true
Packed Jack up and moved him to the Zoo now he's cursing with a whole new crew
Mary Jean killed for the thrill of the pace but she wouldn't let me turn that double play
I talked about fate and second base she couldn't even keep her face on straight
Hung up when I called about a second date a half foot short and a decade late
Bet she thinks she put me in my place make no mistake that ain't the case
Been so young so long been the only one
Knows what a good girl could what a good girl could become
Got my Caddy long and mean the keys were right there on the seat
Staring up through the window at me I got her parked safe off the street
Borrowed cars are hard to keep I'll sell the parts down in Delray Beach
Take the cash and get a room for cheap when you keep your mouth shut life gets sweet
Been so young so long been the only one
Sees what Mama needs but still I gotta run
Been so young so long been the only son
Jack ain't coming back but still I gotta run yeah still I gotta run
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5. |
Reconciled
03:22
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The life you wanted to lead I could never quite conceive
Built your castle in the sky but I never learned to fly
Life at two different heights you and I will never be reconciled
Our endless feast of tears echoed down the years
In your latest hour of need I found somewhere else to be
Suddenly it was clear you and I would never be reconciled
For all the shits that we gave gifts and grudges we saved
Like we'd use them someday then we tossed them all away
No need to be afraid you and I will never be reconciled
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Long Low Road
03:43
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Killing time on this empty highway
Wore my shoes out with my heartache
Open road stretched before me
Your lovely form craved and adored me
In my mind I walk a line
That divides the deranged and defiled from the divine
Doing time in the county system
For killing pain with no prescription
A minor crime but it slowed me down
Dreamt each night of breaking out
Of my mind and running wild
Through the alleys of desire running like a dog on fire
I walk a long low road I watch the sky turn black
Isn't it enough to know that I will walk I will walk this long road back
A sea of time all my own
Asking why takes so long
This grand design this great unknown
Take my side take me home
In my mind my mind's paradise
Take these broken lines and set them right
I walk a long low road I watch the sky turn black
Isn't it enough to know that I will walk I will walk this long road
I walk a long low road I watch the sky turn black
Isn't it enough to know that I will walk I will walk this long road back
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Carpentry
02:46
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Called you up drinking gin
Playing solitaire with an old friend
Funny whom you meet on a losing streak
Cut a hole in my hand shaped like you
Built a box out of bones but you grew
Told you not to leave your sweet dreams
In the backseat of my rusty old flying machine
When you're running that hot it takes just one spark
Cut a hole in my head shaped like you
Built a box out of bones but you grew
Never meant to piss you off
Thought that new blue dress might be enough
Your face got hard but your eyes were soft
Didn't I tell you my touch could be a little rough
It can be a little rough my touch
It can be a little rough my love
Cut a hole in my heart shaped like you
Built a box out of bones but you grew
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8. |
Take Me Back
03:28
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The bender lasted a couple weeks
When I resurfaced you refused to speak to me
I tried to kiss you and you turned that other cheek
Like that's that
You looked away pointed to the door
Wouldn't say it but I could tell it was torturous
We both know there's more in store for us
I'll be back
If you'd seen where I'd been you'd never let me out of your sight again
If you knew the thoughts I'd thunk you'd pay to keep me drunk
If you'd heard the words I'd said you'd never get me out of your head
If you only knew the facts you'd take me back so take me back
I've prayed for wisdom I've prayed for faith
Never found them but the praying had kept me safe
Until you rented out my covered parking space
Behind my back
I'm not bitter I'm not mad
I get it I was wrong about what I had with you
Let's pin it all on my bad attitude
And take me back
If you'd seen where I'd been you'd never let me out of your sight again
If you knew the thoughts I'd thunk you'd pay to keep me drunk
If you'd heard the things I'd said you'd never get me out of your head
If you only knew the facts you'd take me back so take me back
If I told you I'd been a fool
I'd enrolled back in school again
That from now on you'll set the rules my friend
Would you take me back
I hope you hear this and you change your mind
And entertain that I might have been kind of right
There's no other guy you'll find tonight
To take back
If you'd seen where I'd been you'd never let me out of your sight again
If you knew the thoughts I'd thunk you'd pay to keep me drunk
If you'd heard the things I'd said you'd never let me out of your bed
If you only knew the facts you'd take me back so take me back
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Tis of Thee
04:31
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You were young, you and Shelley lived a quiet life
Raising baby June, paying bills with overtime
Til that call from your man down at the National Guard
Those Devil Dogs could use a hand down in Anbar
Shelley put it to you: "You'd have us believe
We'd be safer with you fighting somewhere overseas?
Baby, call me crazy, ain't we, your family,
All the stability you could ever need?
Ain't that what they mean when they sing
My country tis of thee?"
June's first memory's your first goodbye
Your dress uniform your hero's smile
Each year you'd reappear like dawning light
Bring your little lady's eyes right back to life
You'd ask about summer break and birthday gifts
This way of life you'd missed defending it
And as you gave her that final farewell kiss
Whispered, "Baby girl, remember this
This what we mean when we sing
My country tis of thee"
God, country, family
Don't always come easy
Oh, when these loyalties divide
Will I find you by my side?
Will I? For still I sing
Junie see the flag and she hears your voice
Strong and sad as the days you redeployed
Feels your ribbons against her face
Sees you and Shelley in that desperate embrace
Yeah, she understands sacrifice
Better than a father might have liked
She carries her pain with pride
No matter why you laid down this life
This what she means when she sings
My country tis of thee
Land of memories
So grand and bittersweet
For thee I sing
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